Chakulia or Chakuliya is a Notified Area Council (NAC) and 4th Municipal Corporation[1] in the Ghatshila subdivision of the East Singhbhum district in the state of Jharkhand, India.It is 71 km from Jamshedpur City, the district headquarter.

Chakulia city gained recent recognition due to the Dhyan Foundation's goushala located at Chakulia Airport,[2] providing shelter, treatment, and food to thousands of rescued cows from the cattle mafia at the Indo-Bangladesh border.

An airfield was built by the British construction contractor Mr. Digar Pramotha Nath Mohanty by Das & Mohanty construction company in 1942 to conduct raids against the advancing Japanese in Burma and also for operations to transport aid to parts of China.

[citation needed] The area shown in the map “forms a part of the Chota Nagpur Plateau and is a hilly upland tract”.

Trains and transport vehicles are easily available from major nearby cities, such as Kharagpur (West Bengal), Tatanagar (Jharkhand), Baripada (Orissa).

Chakulia also has an airfield which was used heavily during the World War II.Shibu Ranjan Khan Memorial Degree College was established at Chakuliya in 2010.